Editing Sid and Nancy (section)

{{Short description|1986 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Sid and Nancy
| image          = Sid_and_nancy_poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Alex Cox]]
| producer       = [[Eric Fellner]]
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* Alex Cox
* Abbe Wool
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Gary Oldman]]
* [[Chloe Webb]]
}}
| music          = {{Plainlist|
* [[Joe Strummer]]
* [[Pray for Rain (band)|Pray for Rain]]
* [[The Pogues]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Roger Deakins]]
| editing        = David Martin
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Embassy Pictures|Embassy Home Entertainment]]
* Initial Pictures
* U.K. Productions Entity
* [[Zenith Productions|Zenith Entertainment]]
}}
| distributor    = [[Palace Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1986|5||[[1986 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|1986|09|12|[[1986 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]|1986|11|07|United States|df=yes}}
| runtime        = 114 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 114:24--><ref name="BBFC">{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/sid-and-nancy-1970-3 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20161128052740/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/sid-and-nancy-1970-3 | url-status=dead | archive-date=28 November 2016 | title=''SID AND NANCY'' (18) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=28 May 1986 | access-date=20 July 2015}}</ref> 
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English
| budget         = $4 million
| gross          = $2.8 million
}}
'''''Sid and Nancy''''' (also known as '''''Sid and Nancy: Love Kills''''') is a 1986 British [[biographical film]] directed by [[Alex Cox]], co-written with Abbe Wool, and starring [[Gary Oldman]] and [[Chloe Webb]]. The film portrays the life of [[Sid Vicious]], bassist of the [[punk rock]] band the [[Sex Pistols]], and his destructive relationship with girlfriend [[Nancy Spungen]]. The film also features supporting performances from [[David Hayman]], [[Xander Berkeley]], and [[Courtney Love]].

The film premiered at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in  May 1986, and was released theatrically in the United States in November of that same year.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-11-07-8603230774-story.html | title=LOVE STORY BRINGS WARMTH TO VIOLENT 'SID & NANCY'| website=[[Chicago Tribune]]| date=7 November 1986}}</ref> Although it failed to recoup its production budget at the box office, the film was received positively by most critics and developed a [[cult following]].